The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-26
HAMlLTON'S STATEMENT
TAKEN PRIVATELY AT HIS ROOM,
IN THE
Presence of One Attorney for the
State, Oae for the Defense and
the StenO grapher.
THE ASSASSIN SAYS THAT GAM
BRELL SHOT
At Him First, and That He Killed the
Young Man in an Act Of
Self Defense.
FIGURES ALSO TESTIFIES in HIS
OWN BERALF,
/ Even Going so Far es to Say that He
Was Not at the station
That Night.
THE ASSASSIN SAYS THAT GAM
BRELL SHOT
FIGURES ALSO TESTIFIES IN MS
OWN BEHALF,
ESPECIAL TO THK APPEAL.i

JACKSON, MISS, May 25.-The in
vestig alton of the sGambrell killing was re-
sumed this morning at 9 o'clock before
Judge Peyt with the usual crowds in at
tendance. The Gross examination of
]. W. ALBRIGHT,
one of the accused, was resumed. Witness
Jury and asked to read It, WHICH he did and
made some corrections, he not having signed
nor sworn to the same. The statement that
three shots were fred from the loot bridge
Changed that Figures jumped into, the
Changed while running looked toward the
bridge, TO locked toyaTq the shooting;
end OF bridge, to walked with him as far as
the postofice- Hamilton here, in answer to
a9uesti4n by FitLgsraid who was shot, re-
piled. IL for hoS O2e SGhanEsdo4uld Cha hGys
not have seen wagon had one been there,
as l was looking at the shooting. Changed-
came up the rtreet this morning and saw o
dozen hacks, and supposed / could have
seen that one, to l saw a dozen wagons
and could not recognize one. Said the cry
was afl or the third shot. Saw a m n conin
from the bridge twenty or twenty-five feet
and heard him saw Minis or Jim, and Tecog-
mixed Col. Hamilton's voice, when a dark
object came up to Hamilton and then left
him. l wcnttor my mail with Figures. he
struck out Of his testimony before the coro-
ner jury the words Somebody spoke to
somebody ese and then went away. Gould
not tell what they were saving" Witoess
denied having said this. This he fNrtD or
changed. He sa d testimony was as t0llows:
Was twenty 76Re or thirty eteps from bridge
to from twenty-five to thirty feet de
said that be ran diag0nally across
the street FROM Heaphey's store and def oed
diagonRlly to moan straisht, and he correct
60 his said testimony so as to read straight.
Witness said that with these correstieps his
statement before the coroner's jury was cor
rect. Ran across from Heephey's store. l
stopped near the. westward OF the foundry.
Don't know how long | stood there, cav
the crowd come up to the shooting. Recog-
niEed no one bat Carraway. l saw one man
walk from the body of the dead man imme-
diate'y after the shSSG3tnss he was. was going
run toward whsre Hamilton was; / don't
know who he was, bat heard Hamilton
call TO him Mims, or Jones. That
whether tbs flashes EeUt up or down. hiuk
Lsaw the last shot The flashes were coming
and going like two men shooting at each
other. Can't remen Der where nor when 4
/ saw. GawbrelI between the LaTreDee house
andthe ridse. Did not zee Gambre'l be-
foret shooting. Heard no one speaking
Of him before the shooting. Never heard
talkee to Hamilton that night sb ut the pas
ture Il was about three-guarters of an hour
before the trajn came in. Don't
know what Figures does for a
living. Don't know what to class
q gambler. Figures used 70 tend bar for me
up to the 9Th OF March Dom know whether
Figures had any business with Hamilton or
not. have had business with Hamilton
verg often. Yves neither friendly nor un-
friendly to Gambrell. NY liquor license ex-
pired on March 6,h. hut II ought not TO have
expired then [ was going TO keep open
longer, but the Law aud Order Lea lus. or
dered me TO close up. l went before the Law |
asked me no questions while there. j. .. |
GambTel was the president of the |
league. ] saw Rodsrick suggesting
questions 10 him. / felt perfectly
indifferent 10 RoderSck 9ambreLs